Musical device.



E. S. MAYLAND.

MUSICAL DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.6, 191a.

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MUSICAL DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1913. Serial No. 752,294.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN S. MAYLAND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Musical Devices, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

This invention is an improvementin musical devices, and is concerned especially with mechanism for supporting and sounding suspended tubular'bells or chimes, the object being to secure an advantageous and spaceeconomizing relation of the parts, to provide an electro-magnetic hammer for striking the bell which is capable of operating.

efficaciously with a small amount of current, and to secure a unit construction wherein the bell and its associated parts are carried by the magnet frame.

A particular object is to so construct and arrange the hammer and its electr c-magnet as to secure great sensitiveness of the hammer by virtue of its mounting and to enable it to execute a long stroke, without a wide initial air gap, thereby deriving the force of the blow largely frommomentum with corresponding economy of current.

Another object is to provide the device with a steady bar, advantageously disposed for checking the movement of the suspended skilled in the art as the specification vpro-.

coeds.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side-elevation of my improved invention for striking a blow on a tubular bell. Fig. 2 is a face view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a partial sectional detail of the striking hammer showing the removable hammer body. Fig. 4 is. a back plan view of the supporting bracket. 7

The tubular bell or'chime is designated 13, the same being suspended by means of a cord 12, which passes through a ertures in its upper portion. It is operate by means of an electro-magnet 5, arranged to act upon a hammer 3, which I mount in a pendulous manner above and to one side of the tube,

the magnet being horizontal and more or less directly over the upper end of the tube.

A magnet frame 1 constitutes the support for all the parts, and preferably consists of a plate or casting having screw-hoieears 7 and 8 whereby it may be applied by means of screws 9 to the face of a primary sup port 10. Projecting outward from the frame is a trunnion bar or hammer support 2, which is suitably bifurcated at the end to receive the swinging bar of the hammer 3, which is fulcrumed on the support by the pivot points 4. The horizontal magnet 5 is port 2 forms part of the magnetic circuit,

which is adapted to be closed by the bar of the hammer, forming the armature. The core of the magnet is desirably surrounded by a felt pad 7?, which prevents the armature sticking to the magnet and thus insures va prompt return of the hammer away from the tube.

The hammer head 28, the relation of which to the tube is such that the latter is 'struck at the top, is fixed to the end of a flat spring 27 which extends upward along the inner face of the hammer bar 2, and is united thereto by rivets 26, somewhat below the magnet. By this construction the hammer is caused to strike its blow by an over-throw movement, after the rigid hammer or armature bar has been brought to rest against the magnet, and immediately to spring backward, thus avoiding interference with the vibrations of the tube. A felt sleeve 21, held in place by a screw 22, interposes a cushioned or deadened contact surface between the spring 27 and bar. 3, and thus avoids any interfering metallic noise. The striking portion is preferably a hard leather piece 30, which projects through an opening in a retaining collar 29.

Normally the hammer stands at an inclination, as shown in Fig. 1, being held yieldingly in this position by suitable means, such as a weight 24 secured to an upward extension 23 of the hammer bar over the hammer support 2, whereon it contacts with a rubber buffer 25 serving as a cushioned abutment. After the forward stroke and the deenergizing of the magnet, the weight restores the hammer to normal position.

I Un the lower portion of the frame 1 are two projections, preferably carrying hooks 10, forming laterally spaced supports on which thecord 12 is hung. -The said lower Fatentedltipr. 2o, iota. I

portion of are fr ar'riealso bears 'a-forwat'dlyprojecting arm 14:, on the outer end of WlllCll is fixed a steady bar 16. The latter extends "downward at one side of the hammer and 5 is bent or directed sidewise so that its ex tremity, bearing a felt pad 17 is brought i interposition-itmcontact-w-ith the upper -por-' tion of the tube, below and at the s'arne side as the hammer. This device serves to check 10 undue movement of the tube, but= does not affect the tone, because the hammer strikes the, tube away from the pad. The steady device is of particularvalue' when repeated Qblow's are to be struck, since without it the chime might be set swinging, so as to be struck either when moving away or toward the hammer, thereby causingloss of power or impairment of the sound, or both.

'Bindingposts l7 and 18 on the lower part. of the frame are connected with the. ends of the magnet coil, and alsoreceive the ends of. wires fleadingfrom a suitable source of curit possible to operate the device with but small consumptionof current. At the' same time the action from the standpoint of the, musical effect to be secured is especially suitable, "As already explained, the resilient connectlon of the hammer head with the hammer bar removes the striker Timinediately from"thei tube, and as soon as the circuit s opened the hammer that: the flat' spring 27 carrying the striker extends for a substantial distance along the inner 'or forward face of the hammer bar 3, being free to swingforward from the latter but otherwiserigidly sustained thereby, The

striker mounted onth'e projectingend of the spring istloseto the end ofthe bar ln, a comparatively'limber spring can this'way been'xployed, which will absorb little powr at the end of the stroke, I vibrations the striker are avoided.

claim as my invention:

' 1. In a musical device, the combination thereon, a combined armature and hammer fulcrumed on the frame immediately above of a magnet frame, a horizontalm said magnet and hanging in front of the same, a :tuhular bell suspended from. the frame vw t h! Free .PQ l inr i ion. .to

tween'the armature and the magnet core,

, swings bodily back to normal position. It W111 be observed 2. In a musical device, the combination of-a support, a tubular bell suspendedtl'rere from, an electromagnet on the support above the bell, a hammer adapted to be actuated by said magnet depending in; position to strike the upper portiomofthe bell, land a steady bar. projecting downward, from [the a support to contact, with theupper part, of; they ,bell.

1 3-,,ln a musicaldevice,the-combination of. 30 a suspended tubular bell, hammen air-- ranged to strike thenpperrportion of the; same, and a steady memberhaving,acushioned portion positionedtoteonta'ct with the. upper part of the bell at the same sideasthe hammer.

4; In a musical device,.the combinationof a frame, a horiz'ontal electro-magnet there? on, a combined armature and hammer fulcrumed on the frame innn'ediately above said elcctrdmagnet, a tubular bell suspended from the frame, a forwardly projecting. arm on the lower i portion .of the frame, and a steady bar fixed to said arm and projecting. downward at oneside of said hammer and directed laterally in order to contact with.

the bell at; the s me; ide, as and below, the. amm I I ,5. In a musical. device, thetcombination with a suspended tubular bell, of a frame above the bell a hammer depending therefrom in position to strike theupper portion, of said bell, anelectro-magnet on the frame for aetnating said hammer, and a steady bar p j cting ownj ar a disi w se from he; 10:; frame at oneside of the hammer with its. lower portion in position to eontactwiththe bell below and at the same side as the harm mer..

6L 'In a musical device, the combmationof a suspendedhtubular bell,, a hammer ,for strikingthe same, and'asteady member positionedto contact withgthe upper portion of the bell,.t he arrangement beingsuch that thei hammerf'blowiteiidsto drive the bell aw'av 11b from tHe steady member.

7, ,Ina musical device, the comb nat on with a bell, of apivoted hammer bar, a mag, net for actuating the same, afiat sprmgsecured t "the hammer bar, and extendingand unnecessary,

alongv and-free from the forward faceof the same, for a substantialdistance, and a strikes, 4 fixed to thefree 'end 0f the spring beyond theendof the bar to strike the bell by overthrow movement j ,8. In a musicaldevice, thecombinatlom with a bell, of a pivoted hammer-ban'a mag--. net, for actuating the same, a sprin secured tofthe'hammer bar-and extending a ongand:

freefifroma the forwardfaee oi the samefprrrsot a substantial distance, a striker fixed to the free end of the spring beyond the endof the bar to strike the bell by over-throw movement, and a deadener interposed between the spring and the hammer bar.

9. In a musical device, the combination with a bell,'0f a pivoted hammer bar, a magnet for actuating the same 'a spring secured to the hammer bar and extendin along the 10 face of thelatter, and a striker fixed to the end of said spring, said hammer bar extending into proximity to the striker so as to back up the spring.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York, this 4th 5 day of March, 1913.

EDWIN S. MAYLAND.

Witnesses:

F. WARREN WRIGHT, FRED 1F. "WEISS. 

